Marion Sills, MD

Professional Titles

• Co-Director, TL1 Program, CCTSI
• co-Chair, Children's Colorado Scientific Advisory Council

Publications

• Bagdure D, Rewers A, Campagna E, Sills MR. Epidemiology of hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome in children hospitalized in USA. Pediatr Diabetes. 2012 Aug 28;9999(9999). [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22925225
• Sills MR, Ginde AA, Clark S, Camargo CA Jr. Multicenter analysis of quality indicators for children treated in the emergency department for asthma. Pediatrics. 2012 Feb;129(2):e325-32. PubMed PMID: 22250025
• Brogan TV, Hall M, Sills MR, Fieldston ES, Simon HK, Mundorff MB, Fagbuyi DF, Shah SS. Oseltamivir Use during Hospitalization and Readmission among Children Hospitalized with H1N1 Influenza Infection. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Boston, April-May, 2012.
• Adelgais K, Brent A, Wathen J, Deakyne S, Massnari D, Sills M. Effect of Intranasal Midazolam on Quality of Care Delivered in the Pediatric Acute Care Setting. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting, Boston, April-May, 2012.
• Morse RB, Hall M, Fieldston E, Goodman DM, Berry JG, Gay JC, Sills M, Srivastava R, Frank G, Hain PD, Shah SS. Association of Length of Stay and Readmission for Common Pediatric Conditions. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting, Boston, April-May, 2012.
• Kwan B, Sills M, Yawn B, Sauer B, Fairclough D, Schilling LM. Methods for observational comparative effectiveness research on healthcare delivery system strategies for asthma management: The SAFTINet project. AcademyHealth 2012 Annual Research Meeting, Orlando, Florida. June, 2012.
• Fieldston ES, Zaniletti I, Hall M, Colvin JD, Gottlieb L, Macy ML, Alpern ER, Morse RB, Hain PD, Sills MR, Frank G, Shah SS. Community household income and resource utilization for common inpatient pediatric conditions. Pediatrics. 2013 Dec;132(6):e1592-601. PubMed PMID: 24276839
• Morse RB, Hall M, Fieldston ES, Goodman DM, Berry JG, Gay JC, Sills MR, Srivastava R, Frank G, Hain PD, Shah SS. Children's hospitals with shorter lengths of stay do not have higher readmission rates. J Pediatr. 2013 Oct;163(4):1034-8.e1. PubMed PMID: 23683748
• Rappaport LD, Deakyne S, Carcillo JA, McFann K, Sills MR. Age- and sex-specific normal values for shock index in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2008 for ages 8 years and older. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 May;31(5):838-42. PubMed PMID: 23478110
• Bagdure D, Rewers A, Campagna E, Sills MR. Epidemiology of hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome in children hospitalized in USA. Pediatr Diabetes. 2013 Feb;14(1):18-24. PubMed PMID: 22925225
• Sills, Marion R.; Kwan, Bethany M.; Yawn, Barbara P.; Sauer, Brian C.; Fairclough, Diane L.; Federico, Monica J.; Juarez-Colunga, Elizabeth; and Schilling, Lisa M. (2013) "Medical Home Characteristics and Asthma Control: A Prospective, Observational Cohort Study Protocol," eGEMs (Generating Evidence & Methods to improve patient outcomes): Vol. 1: Iss. 3, Article 3. DOI: 10.13063/2327-9214.1032 Available at: http://repository.academyhealth.org/egems/vol1/iss3/3
• A Framework for Describing Health Care Delivery Organizations and Systems American Journal of Public Health. American Journal of Public Health.
• Brandt E, Kwan B, Sills M, Yawn B, Federico M, Schilling L. Operationalizing asthma analytic plan using OMOP common data model. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, June 2013.
• Kwan B, Graham D, Sills M, Kaiser A, Brandt E, Schilling L. Methods for the collection of patient reported outcomes measures in a safety net-oriented practice based research network: A SAFTINet demonstration project. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, June 2013.
• Sills M, Kwan BM, Fairclough DL, Schilling LM. Practice-level correlates of patient-centered medical home characteristics: A report from the SAFTINet CER team. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, June 2013.
• Fieldston E, Zaniletti I, Hall M, Colvin J, Gottlieb L, Macy M, Alpern E, Morse R, Hain P, Sills M, Frank G, Shah S. Socioeconomic status and hospitalization costs for common pediatric conditions. Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, Philadelphia, March 2013.
• Adelgais KM, Brent A, Wathen J, Massnari D, Tong S, Deakyne S, Sills MR. Intranasal fentanyl and quality of pediatric acute care. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting, Boston, May, 2013.
• Brittan M, Sills M, Feinstein J, Shmueli D, Beaty B, Kempe A. Comparison of outpatient utilization after hospital discharge between readmitted and non-readmitted Colorado pediatric Medicaid patients. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting, Boston, May 2013.
• Fieldston E, et al. Variation in Hospitalization Costs for Common Pediatric Conditions. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Vancouver, May 2014.
• Fieldston E, Zaniletti I, Hall M, Colvin J, Gottlieb L, Macy M, Alpern E, Morse R, Hain P, Sills M, Frank G, Shah S. Socioeconomic status and hospitalization costs for common pediatric conditions. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting, Boston, May 2013.
• Kwan BM, et al. Collaborative care models for management of mental and behavioral health concerns in Federally Qualified Health Centers. Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. April 23-26, 2014. Philadelphia, PA.
• Brogan TV, Hall M, Sills MR, Fieldston ES, Simon HK, Mundorff MB, Fagbuyi DB, Shah SS. Hospital Readmissions Among Children With H1N1 Influenza Infection. Hosp Pediatr. 2014 Nov;4(6):348-58. PubMed PMID: 25362076
• Piña IL, Cohen PD, Larson DB, Marion LN, Sills MR, Solberg LI, Zerzan J. A Framework for Describing Health Care Delivery Organizations and Systems. Am J Public Health. 2014 Jun 12;:e1-e10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24922130
• Commentary on Pediatric Abdominal Radiograph Use, Constipation, and Significant Misdiagnoses. Yearbook of Pediatrics. Michael Cabana, ed.
• Brittan M, Sills M, Feinstein J, Shmueli D, Beaty B, Kempe A. Comparison of outpatient utilization after hospital discharge between readmitted and non-readmitted Colorado pediatric Medicaid patients. J Pediatr.
• Heitler S, Sills MR. Dying to Help: What Caregivers' Dilemmas Can Teach Us: Ebola caretakers are putting their own lives and their family members' at risk. Psychology Today. September 2014. Available at https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/resolution-not-conflict/201409/dying-help-what-caregivers-dilemmas-can-teach-us
• Arnold DH, Sills MR, Walsh C. The Asthma Prediction Rule to decrease hospitalizations for children with asthma. Invited commentary: Current Opinion in Allergy Immunology.
• Brittan MS, Sills MR, Fox D, Campagna EJ, Shmueli D, Feinstein JA, Kempe A. Outpatient follow-up visits and readmission in medically complex children enrolled in Medicaid. J Pediatr. 2015 Apr;166(4):998-1005.e1. PubMed PMID: 25641248
• Brogan TV, Hall M, Sills MR, Fieldston ES, Simon HK, Mundorff MB, Fagbuyi DB, Shah SS. Hospital Readmissions Among Children With H1N1 Influenza Infection. Hosp Pediatr. 2014 Nov;4(6):348-58. PubMed PMID: 25362076
• Piña IL, Cohen PD, Larson DB, Marion LN, Sills MR, Solberg LI, Zerzan J. A framework for describing health care delivery organizations and systems. Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr;105(4):670-9. PubMed PMID: 24922130
• Kwan BM, Sills MR, Graham D, Hamer MK, Fairclough DL, Hammermeister KE, Kaiser A, Diaz-Perez MD, Schilling LM. Stakeholder Engagement in a Patient Reported Outcomes Implementation by a Practice-Based Research Network. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.
• Sills MR. Commentary on Pediatric Abdominal Radiograph Use, Constipation, and Significant Misdiagnoses. In: Stockman, JA, ed. Year Book of Pediatrics. Elsevier. Available at http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/year-books/year-book-of-pediatrics-2015-hardcover/9780323355513/
• Sills MR. Commentary on AAP bronchiolitis clinical care guideline. Pediatrics 2015. Available at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/134/5/e1474.full/reply#pediatrics_el_69165
• Brittan MS, Richardson T, Hall M, Sills MR, Kenyon CC, Fieldston ES, Fox D, Shah SS, Berry JG. Outpatient Utilization and Readmission in Pediatric Medicaid Patients with Asthma. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Diego, April 2015 E-PAS2015:2855.45—available at https://www.slideshare.net/secret/bpIgFplTSa7KHn—and at Pediatric Hospital Medicine, San Antonio, July 2015—available at http://www.slideshare.net/secret/6DCojieiKPBuLh
• Czaja AS, Liu W, Fiks A, Wasserman RC, McCarn B, Sills MR, Ross ME, Valuck R, Adams WG. A New Collaborative Pediatric Electronic Health Record (EHR) Network To Examine Off-Label Prescribing. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Diego, April 2015. E-PAS2015:3931.697. Available at https://www.aap.org/en-us/professional-resources/Research/pediatrician-surveys/Pages/A-New-Collaborative-Pediatric-Electronic-Health-Record-EHR-Network-to-Examine-Off-Label-Prescribing.aspx
• Ozkaynak M, Ayer T, Sills M, Vlancy J, Dziadkowiec O. Combining Visualization and Markov Models to Characterize Workflow in Emergency Departments. Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Annual Conference, Nashville, May-June 2015. ID I1073. Available at https://www.xcdsystem.com/iie2015/program/index.cfm?pgid=34&search=1&qtype=ID&AbID=41483&submit=Go
• Ozkaynak M, Sills M. Visualization of Care Delivery to Asthma Patients in Pediatric Emergency Departments. Invited presentation at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 2015.
• Zonfrillo MR, Zaniletti I, Hall M, Fieldston ES, Colvin JD, Bettenhausen JL, Macy ML, Alpern ER, Cutler GJ, Raphael JL, Morse RB, Sills MR, Shah SS. Socioeconomic Status and Hospitalization Costs for Children with Brain and Spinal Cord Injury. J Pediatr. 2015 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26563534
• Sills MR, Hall M, Colvin JD, Macy ML, Cutler GJ, Bettenhausen JL, Morse RB, Auger KA, Raphael JL, Gottlieb LM, Fieldston ES, Shah SS. Impact of social determinants on children’s hospitals’ preventable readmissions performance. JAMA Pediatrics.
• Arnold DH, Sills MR, Walsh CG. The asthma prediction rule to decrease hospitalizations for children with asthma. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Jun;16(3):201-9. PubMed PMID: 26918532
• Jonas JA, Shah SS, Zaniletti I, Hall M, Colvin JD, Gottlieb LM, Sills MR, Bettenhausen J, Morse RB, Macy ML, Fieldston ES. Regional Variation in Standardized Costs of Care at Children's Hospitals. J Hosp Med. 2017 Oct;12(10):818-825. PubMed PMID: 28991947
• Adelgais KM, Brent A, Wathen J, Tong S, Massanari D, Deakyne S, Sills MR. Intranasal Fentanyl and Quality of Pediatric Acute Care. J Emerg Med. 2017 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28967529
• Sills MR, Macy ML, Kocher KE, Sabbatini AK. Return Visit Admissions May Not Indicate Quality of Emergency Department Care for Children. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Sep 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28960666
• Torres JM, Lawlor J, Colvin JD, Sills MR, Bettenhausen JL, Davidson A, Cutler GJ, Hall M, Gottlieb LM. ICD Social Codes: An Underutilized Resource for Tracking Social Needs. Med Care. 2017 Sep;55(9):810-816. PubMed PMID: 28671930
• Sills MR, Hall M, Cutler GJ, Colvin JD, Gottlieb LM, Macy ML, Bettenhausen JL, Morse RB, Fieldston ES, Raphael JL, Auger KA, Shah SS. Adding Social Determinant Data Changes Children's Hospitals' Readmissions Performance. J Pediatr. 2017 Jul;186:150-157.e1. PubMed PMID: 28476461
• Sills MR, Hall M, Colvin JD, Macy ML, Cutler GJ, Bettenhausen JL, Morse RB, Auger KA, Raphael JL, Gottlieb LM, Fieldston ES, Shah SS. Association of Social Determinants With Children's Hospitals' Preventable Readmissions Performance. JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Apr;170(4):350-8. PubMed PMID: 26881387
• Walsh CG, Sills MR, Arnold DH. Time-dependent severity change during treatment of pediatric patients hospitalized for acute asthma exacerbations. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 Feb;118(2):226-227. PubMed PMID: 27865715
• Kwan BM, Sills MR, Graham D, Hamer MK, Fairclough DL, Hammermeister KE, Kaiser A, de Jesus Diaz-Perez M, Schilling LM. Stakeholder Engagement in a Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Measure Implementation: A Report from the SAFTINet Practice-based Research Network (PBRN). J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 Jan-Feb;29(1):102-15. PubMed PMID: 26769882
• Brittan M, Richardson T, Kenyon C, Sills MR, Fieldston E, Hall M, Fox D, Shah S, Berry J. Association between Postdischarge Oral Corticosteroid Prescription Fills and Readmission in Children with Asthma. J Pediatr. 2017 Jan;180:163-169.e1. PubMed PMID: 27769549
• Zonfrillo MR, Zaniletti I, Hall M, Fieldston ES, Colvin JD, Bettenhausen JL, Macy ML, Alpern ER, Cutler GJ, Raphael JL, Morse RB, Sills MR, Shah SS. Socioeconomic Status and Hospitalization Costs for Children with Brain and Spinal Cord Injury. J Pediatr. 2016 Feb;169:250-5. PubMed PMID: 26563534
• Brittan MS, Sills MR, Fox D, Campagna EJ, Shmueli D, Feinstein JA, Kempe A. Outpatient follow-up visits and readmission in medically complex children enrolled in Medicaid. J Pediatr. 2015 Apr;166(4):998-1005.e1. PubMed PMID: 25641248
• Piña IL, Cohen PD, Larson DB, Marion LN, Sills MR, Solberg LI, Zerzan J. A framework for describing health care delivery organizations and systems. Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr;105(4):670-9. PubMed PMID: 24922130
• Sills, Marion R. “On Superheroes.” Perspectives - Women in Emergency Medicine, edited by Lauren A. Walter, American College of Emergency Physicians, 2017.
• Mark Brittan, Troy Richardson, Chen Kenyon, Marion Sills, Evan Fieldston, Matt Hall, David Fox, Samir Shah, Jay Berry. Association Between Post Discharge Oral Corticosteroid Prescription Fills and Readmission in Children with Asthma. Journal of Pediatrics. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.09.034
• Colin G Walsh, Marion R. Sills, Donald H Arnold. Time-dependent severity change during treatment of pediatric patients hospitalized for acute asthma exacerbations. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
• Marion R. Sills, MD, MPH Matt Hall, PhD Jeffrey D. Colvin, MD, JD Michelle L. Macy, MD, MS Gretchen J. Cutler, PhD, MPH Jessica L. Bettenhausen, MD Rustin B. Morse, MD Katherine A. Auger, MD, MSc Jean L. Raphael, MD, MPH Laura M. Gottlieb, MD, MPH Evan S. Fieldston, MD, MBA, MSHP Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE Impact of Social Determinants on Children's Hospitals' Preventable Readmissions Performance. Pediatric Academic Societies. Baltimore, MD. May 2016. Abstract Number: 750235
• Jang H, Ozkaynak M, Ayer T, Sills MR. Factors Associated With First Medication Time for Children Treated in the Emergency Department for Asthma. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Oct 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30281550
• Colin G Walsh, MD, MA Marion Sills, MD, MPH Don Arnold, MD, MPH Unnecessary Hospitalizations in Children With Mild-Severity Acute Asthma Exacerbations. Pediatric Academic Societies. Baltimore, MD. May 2016. Abstract Number: 751776
• Jonas JA, Shah SS, Zaniletti I, Hall M, Colvin JD, Gottlieb LM, Sills MR, Bettenhausen J, Morse RB, Macy ML, Fieldston ES. Regional Variation in Standardized Costs of Care at Children's Hospitals. J Hosp Med. 2017 Oct;12(10):818-825. PubMed PMID: 28991947
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• Sills, MR. Patient Level Factors, Social Determinants and Readmissions. Readmissions News, March 2016. Available at www.ReadmissionsNews.com
• Brittan M, Richardson T, Kenyon C, Sills MR, Fieldston E, Hall M, Fox D, Shah S, Berry J. Association between Postdischarge Oral Corticosteroid Prescription Fills and Readmission in Children with Asthma. J Pediatr. 2017 Jan;180:163-169.e1. PubMed PMID: 27769549
• Walsh CG, Sills MR, Arnold DH. Time-dependent severity change during treatment of pediatric patients hospitalized for acute asthma exacerbations. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 Feb;118(2):226-227. PubMed PMID: 27865715
• Sills MR, Hall M, Cutler GJ, Colvin JD, Gottlieb LM, Macy ML, Bettenhausen JL, Morse RB, Fieldston ES, Raphael JL, Auger KA, Shah SS. Adding Social Determinant Data Changes Children's Hospitals' Readmissions Performance. J Pediatr. 2017 Jul;186:150-157.e1. PubMed PMID: 28476461
• Torres JM, Lawlor J, Colvin JD, Sills MR, Bettenhausen JL, Davidson A, Cutler GJ, Hall M, Gottlieb LM. ICD Social Codes: An Underutilized Resource for Tracking Social Needs. Med Care. 2017 Sep;55(9):810-816. PubMed PMID: 28671930
• Sills MR, Macy ML, Kocher KE, Sabbatini AK. Return Visit Admissions May Not Indicate Quality of Emergency Department Care for Children. Acad Emerg Med. 2018 Mar;25(3):283-292. PubMed PMID: 28960666
• Adelgais KM, Brent A, Wathen J, Tong S, Massanari D, Deakyne S, Sills MR. Intranasal Fentanyl and Quality of Pediatric Acute Care. J Emerg Med. 2017 Nov;53(5):607-615.e2. PubMed PMID: 28967529
• Patel SJ, Arnold DH, Topoz I, Sills MR. Prediction Modeling of Emergency Department Disposition Decisions for Children with Acute Asthma Exacerbations Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine Volume 19, Issue 1, March 2018, Pages 76-87 
• Jang H, Ozkaynak M, Amura CR, Ayer T, Sills MR. Analysis of medication patterns for pediatric asthma patients in emergency department: Does the sequence placement of glucocorticoids administration matter?. J Asthma. 2019 Oct 12;:1-10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31607182
• Morrato EH, Hamer MK, Sills M, Kwan B, Schilling LM. Applying a Commercialization-Readiness Framework to Optimize Value for Achieving Sustainability of an Electronic Health Data Research Network and Its Data Capabilities: The SAFTINet Experience. EGEMS (Wash DC). 2019 Aug 29;7(1):48. PubMed PMID: 31523697
• Colborn KL, Helmkamp L, Bender BG, Kwan BM, Schilling LM, Sills MR. Colorado Asthma Toolkit Implementation Improves Some Process Measures of Asthma Care. J Am Board Fam Med. 2019 Jan-Feb;32(1):37-49. PubMed PMID: 30610140
• Lopez MA, Hall M, Auger KA, Bettenhausen JL, Colvin JD, Cutler GJ, Fieldston E, Macy ML, Morse R, Raphael JL, Russell H, Shah SS, Sills MR. Care of Pediatric High-Cost Hospitalizations Across Hospital Types. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 Mar;10(3):206-213. PubMed PMID: 32024665
• Russell H, Hall M, Morse RB, Cutler GJ, Macy M, Bettenhausen JL, Lopez MA, Shah SS, Sills MR. Longitudinal Trends in Costs for Hospitalizations at Children's Hospitals. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 Sep;10(9):797-801. PubMed PMID: 32747333
• Rao S, Kwan BM, Curtis D, Swanson A, Bakel LA, Bajaj L, Boguniewicz J, Lockwood J, Ogawa K, Pemberton K, Fuhlbrigge RC, Brumbaugh D, Givens P, Nozik E, Sills MR. Implementation of a Rapid Evidence Assessment Infrastructure during the COVID-19 Pandemic to Develop Policies, Clinical Pathways, Stimulate Academic Research, and Create Educational Opportunities. Journal of Pediatrics. [In press]
• Sills MR. What You Can Do to Keep Your Kids From Vaping. CU Anschutz Today. January 2020. Available at: https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/what-you-can-do-to-keep-your-kids-from-vaping
• Jang H, Ozkaynak M, Ayer T, Sills MR. Factors Associated With First Medication Time for Children Treated in the Emergency Department for Asthma. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Oct 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30281550
• Sills MR. What Parents Need to Know About Kids Vaping. CU Anschutz Today. January 2020. Available at: https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/what-parents-need-to-know-about-kids-vaping
• Children's Hospital Colorado Scientific Advisory Council Toolkit. July 2020. Available at: https://www.childrenscolorado.org/ScientificAdvisoryToolkit
• Arnett JA, Grunwald G, Juarez-Colunga E, Sills MR. Estimating the relative impact of service utilization and service cost on total expenditures across hospitals. Biostatistics Program, Colorado School of Public Health. Available at https://hdl.handle.net/10968/2482
• Jang H, Ozkaynak M, Amura CR, Ayer T, Sills MR. Analysis of medication patterns for pediatric asthma patients in emergency department: Does the sequence placement of glucocorticoids administration matter?. J Asthma. 2019 Oct 12;:1-10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31607182
• Sills MR, Tchou MJ, Johns C, Krugman S, Lockwood J, Tang Girdwood, S, Holstein H. Using Social Media for a Productive Career. Workshop. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. May 1-5, 2020. E-PAS2020:3818. Available at https://plan.core-apps.com/pas2020/event/1b0c1118ee19b1ece693048453bb8e08
• S. Gradwohl, A. Giesenhagen, L. Ambroggio, M.R. Sills. Applying Design Thinking to Antimicrobial Stewardship in Pediatric Emergency and Urgent Care: Understanding and Defining the Problem. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. May 1-5, 2020. E-PAS2020:3947.823. Available at https://plan.core-apps.com/pas2020/abstract/eb7394cdb05e66265080b64f1159a6f6
• K. Parikh, S.S. Shah, S.V. Kaiser, M. Hall, R. Morse, M.R. Sills, M. Lopez, J. Bettenhausen, A. Zagel, G. Cutler. Developing Health Inequity Measure: Evaluating Chest Radiography in Pediatric Asthma Care across Children's Hospitals. Poster. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. May 1-5, 2020. E-PAS2020:2847.759. Available at https://plan.core-apps.com/pas2020/abstract/cb127010d9c607e3e85e9f1586e65b9a
• Marion R. Sills, Kaleigh Ogawa, Lalit Bajaj, David Brumbaugh, Jillian Cotter, Patricia Givens, Justin Lockwood, Katherine Pemberton, Andrew Pham, Andrea Prinzi, Suchitra Rao, Pamela D Reiter, Kourtney Santucci, Christina G. Stevens, Angela Swanson, Walter M. Taylor, Carl W. White, Eva Nozik, MD. Implementation of a Rapid Evidence Assessment Infrastructure within a Hospital's COVID-19 Incident Command System. Presented virtually at the CCTSI Spring Poster Session, Aurora, April 2020.
• Parikh K, Hall M, Kaiser SV, Hogan AH, Bettenhausen JL, Lopez MA, Sills MR. Development of a Health Disparities Index: Proof of Concept with Chest Radiography in Asthma. J Pediatr. 2021 Nov;238:290-295.e1. PubMed PMID: 34284032
• Sills MR, Ozkaynak M, Jang H. Predicting hospitalization of pediatric asthma patients in emergency departments using machine learning. Int J Med Inform. 2021 Jul;151:104468. PubMed PMID: 33940479
• Kaiser SV, Kornblith AE, Richardson T, Pantell MS, Fleegler EW, Fritz CQ, Parikh K, Zagel A, Sills MR, Souza HG, Goyal MK, Hogan AH, Heller KR, DeLaroche AM, Cooper JN, Puls HT. Emergency Visits and Hospitalizations for Child Abuse During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2021 Apr;147(4). PubMed PMID: 33380432
• DeLaroche AM, Rodean J, Aronson PL, Fleegler EW, Florin TA, Goyal M, Hirsch AW, Jain S, Kornblith AE, Sills MR, Wells JM, Neuman MI. Pediatric Emergency Department Visits at US Children's Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2021 Apr;147(4). PubMed PMID: 33361360
• Rao S, Kwan BM, Curtis DJ, Swanson A, Bakel LA, Bajaj L, Boguniewicz J, Lockwood JM, Ogawa K, Pemberton K, Fuhlbrigge RC, Brumbaugh D, Givens P, Nozik ES, Sills MR. Implementation of a Rapid Evidence Assessment Infrastructure during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic to Develop Policies, Clinical Pathways, Stimulate Academic Research, and Create Educational Opportunities. J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;230:4-8.e2. PubMed PMID: 33091418
• Jang H, Ozkaynak M, Amura CR, Ayer T, Sills MR. Analysis of medication patterns for pediatric asthma patients in emergency department: Does the sequence placement of glucocorticoids administration matter?. J Asthma. 2021 Feb;58(2):180-189. PubMed PMID: 31607182
• Jang H, Ozkaynak M, Ayer T, Sills MR. Factors Associated With First Medication Time for Children Treated in the Emergency Department for Asthma. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Jan 1;37(1):e42-e47. PubMed PMID: 30281550

Professional Memberships

• AHRQ's EHC Stakeholder Group, Member
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Fellow
• American Public Health Association, Member
• Academy Health, Member

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

• Colorado Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI)
• ACCORDS (COHO)

Specialty Information

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Board Certification (1999)
• Pediatrics, Board Certification
• Pediatrics, Board Certification (1996)
• Pediatric Emergency medicine, Board Certification (2000)
• Colorado Medical License, License (1999)

• Emergency Care